I looked at clutch counts over time in 2022. The first graph is all turtles (with a 15 day moving average) and in red are the clutch...

Nest 149 in zone 3 Nest 150 and nest 151 in zone 2 NNC zone 1

It has been a busy 10 days on the Hunting Island beach for loggerheads - 37 nests over that period. Over the same 10 day period in 2022,...

FOUR new nests today #129,#130,#131 & #132 and three NNC (non nesting crawls) ! The momma turtles don’t show any signs of slowing down...

Wow, 2023 continues to perk right along. We are tracking pretty darn close to the nest counts in 2022 at this point and ahead of 2019. ...

Nest 120 in zone 3 Nest 121 in zone 4 Nest 122 in zone 1 Nest 123 in zone 2 2 NNC in zone 2 2 NNC in zone 3

I tried looking at Turtle Maturity versus Nest Placement. Do more mature mother Loggerheads lay their nests further out of harm's way...

To address the question about an update and add 2019 to the nesting review. Here it is. DSFN = 56 days 2019 = 111 nests (day of first...

A simply beautiful Sunday morning to stroll the beach and find two nests and a non-nesting crawl. Nest #119 in Zone 2, Nest #118 in Zone...

No new nests today ~ the nest count remains at #107. Volunteers are now on alert & also monitoring nests for signs of emergence !...

Someone asked me how Hunting is doing nest count wise versus say Fripp and Harbor Islands. Well, it is a mixed bag. See the data for...

Simply the Best Sunday Started with a Red Rising Sun! Zone 1, Nest # 101 Zone 2, Nest # 100 and one NNE Zone 3, Nest # 99 and Nest # 102...

That’s TWO nests (#89 & #90) in Zone 2 today - (and a NNC also in Zone 2 today) Nest #89 was moved to higher ground, and nest #90 was...

5 nests and 2 NNC today Nest 81 in Zone 3 Nest 82 in Zone 4 Nest 83 in Zone 1 Nests 84 and 85 in Zone 2. NNC in Zone 2 NNC in Zone 4

An update (I had no new requests) On this date in 2022 (6/19), we had 83 nests versus the 85 so far in 2023. If we look at days since...

Zone 5 mama left Nest #80 for the count. Beautiful photo, thank you for sharing Tina.

I looked at a comparison to see how 2023 is shaping up versus our record year for nests on Hunting Island of 2022. As of June 14th this...

Today Wednesday turtlers found Nests #70 & #71 .. and a NNC crawl in zone 4. Nest #71 was covered in wrack, so when the nest was...

June 11, 2023 Zone 1 No Activity Zone 2 Nests # 60 and # 62 Zone 3 Nests # 61 and # 63 Zone 4 Nest # 59 Zone 6 Nests # 64 and # 65 also 1...

Today we had nests 46 in Zone 2 and nest 47 in Zone 1. In addition we had a non-nesting crawl in Zone 2. The mama turtle for nest 46...